Chapter 30
"Should I be thrilled?" I asked him.
Because, Palma!! You won't catch me but you're just there?? Doesn't that just seem like a ploy??
"Shh," he said and then pulled me into a hug.
FIRST TIME.
Palpitations again.
"I can't promise that i'll learn to love you because i don't want to make a promise that i can't keep."
Then he kissed my hair, "but I promise I'll try to fall while you're falling."
I don't know if it's right for me to believe him even though I know he's just fooling me. I guess that's how it is, right? When you fall in love, your mind goes crazy. It's just a mental illness!
"What if you don't like it? Should I just cry?"
I felt him nod even as we hugged.
"I'll wipe your tears for you, then."
I hit his chest. Why is that?? Even if he said he would split my heart into five, I would still be thrilled!! Why do you talk like that??
"You're so cute!!" He grabbed my hand as I tried to hit him, "I'm not a prince and I'm not charming. I can cause pain without realizing it."
No more. You lose again, Alys.
"But you'll try, right?"
He nodded.
"And the ride would be worthwhile?"
He nodded again.
"Then can I tell you?"
He just looked at me.
*deep breath*
They say, the first to admit it, loses. What else do I care? Well, whether I'm first or last, I'm already lost.
"I like you so much, Drake Sebastian Palma. And i promise to try to make you fall for me."
Then that's it. He smiled back at me.
-Yes-
"You're so ugly, KL!!"
This little land louse is so annoying!! Are you going to scare me?? Grrrr!!
He turned around to face me, "Okay, Bee. I've been flirting with you for a month now!! Won't you at least answer me??"
>.>
"Don't stop!!"
"Bee, you know I love you so much that I can't stop!!"
"Well, don't wait for nothing!!"
He sighed, "so, I shouldn't expect anything from you?"
This KL is so emo!!
I nodded.
He walked away.
LOOK AT THIS KL!! HE'S SO HARD WITH A FACE THAT'S FLYING AND SAYING I LOVE YOU THEN SUDDENLY GIVING UP!!
Suddenly, he pulled our batchmate, "Bernadette?"
*O* ----> that face of that sweet Bernadette.
KADIRI PIE
"That witch hurt me," she pointed at me, "my heart. Can I be your girlfriend?"
EARTH LOOSE!!!
"O----" before that crazy Bernadette could answer, I came over, "You're welcome Kent!! After I answer you, you'll just fool me!!"
"When did you answer me??"
"Just now!!"
"Really??"
"Yes, right!! Oh my!! It's hard to have an abnormal boyfriend!!"
He turned his back, "why are you turning your back on me??!" I asked.
"Just wait, bee," he said, then fumbled with something in his bag.
"What is that?"
"My diary."
"Pfft!! Hahaha! What is that!! Sheen is crying, you're hiding a diary. You two are weird!!"
>>
"The one with the voodoo dolls in their house spoke."
"Why do you have a diary?"
"So that I don't forget the important things that happened to me."
Tss. This KL knows a lot.
I approached and looked at what he had written.
September 29 -- The witch has answered me
*O*
"Aray again! Don't knock!!"
-Here-
"Hi, Sheen,"i greeted him as i saw him passing by the hallway.
He just smiled at me. I know he's busy since he's the president of the student council. Actually, that's one of the reason why we broke up. I mean, i couldn't compete with his works. I know he worked hard to be the president and i couldn't take it to distract him.
But then, he stopped his tracks and went back to me, "hi, Kei." He said.
"What's up?" i said, trying to keep the conversation.
"It's okay. Do you want some snacks?" he said.
I shrugged, "the lunch's about to end."
He sighed, "Is that so? Okay, just me."
But then, i tapped his shoulder and said, "i'll join you. Let's ditch the first class?"
He showed me his perfect set of teeth, "You're still too lazy to study."
"Of course. You know i am the bad one."
Then we went to the cafeteria to grab lunch. Actually, only him since i already finished mine.
"So, why are you only having lunch now?"
He looked at me as if weighing the options between telling me his reason or not, "ang bastos kasi ni Drake," he said.
"Why did he do?"
"I threw away my food."
"Really?"
Tss. I know he's rude but he can't do that to Sheen! Sheen is a really nice person! The nicest, if i could say that.
"Because I'm jealous. I was with Alys earlier."
Then i smirked at him, "that's what you get when you eat with someone's girl, Sheen."
He just shrugged, "what can I do? She's the only one left."
//
Later that night.
-Eydee-
Drake is alone at their house because Aunt Katrina and Uncle Steve are on their honeymoon! Hawaii, baby! Peds' life is so good, isn't it?? Envy!!
"We're home!!"
Drake looked behind him and saw his father still wearing a flowered polo shirt.
Uncle Steve is really weird. Thank you, you're welcome.
Uncle Steve approached his son and hugged him, "I miss your rudeness, Drake!!"
"Shh," he said, pulling away from his father's hand that was hugging him.
He looked behind him and saw Katrina. Katrina is beautiful!! The tanned skin is perfect. It's really different when you marry a rich man, you become even more beautiful!!
"Shh," Drake stood up from the sofa and started walking up to his room. He didn't know but he felt annoyed when he saw Katrina. It was like his manhood was being tested.
"Son, let's eat later!" Uncle Steve shouted to his son.
Drake just went up to his room and read a book. Their exams were coming up soon. It was the fourth quarter and they were already in college. Just a little bit.
As he sat there, he thought about the conversation he and Alys had earlier. It wasn't that he was making Alys wait, but he didn't want to force himself. If they liked each other, they wouldn't like each other. What could he do, right? But as long as it was Katrina, what else could he do?
He stopped reading when he heard someone knocking on his door and then saw Katrina enter.
He put down his book.
"What do you want?"
"Can we talk?" Katrina asked.
"About what?"
"You and Alys?"
"What do you care?"
"Because I'm your step mom?"
"Shut up. You're not my mom."
Katrina held Drake's hand, "please help me here, Aki. I'm trying."
"Then stop, will you? Lcan't take you as my mom."
"Please try, Aki? Even if it's just for what we've been through together?"
Natawa si Drake, "for what? For me to remember that i lost you to my dad? For me to realize how foolish i am to think that you really loved me when in fact, you used me to get close to my dad. You want me to consider that?"
Their conversation was interrupted when they saw Steve at the door, shock written all over his face.
"S-Steve, I can explain!" said Katrina.
Drake just kept quiet. He knew this would happen. There is no secret that cannot be revealed.
"Y-you had an affair with my son?!"
Katrina started crying. She didn't know what to do.
"N-no, it's not like that!"
"Get out of my house." he said calmly but frighteningly to Katrina.
She's still crying. She's afraid of what might happen.
"S-steve.."
"Get. the. hell. out. of. my. house!"
"I'm pregnant.."
Uncle Steve laughed, "Who's the father? Me or my son? Hahaha! The choices are great, aren't they, Katrina?